EXEL North America, Inc. – Kremlin Rexson is exhibiting in booth 4239 at the 2013 AWFS Woodworking Fair. The show will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center located in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 24 – 27, 2013.

Exhibit Hall Pricing: Register By June 29, 2013 – $25 Register After June 29, 2013 or at the event – $50

We would like to invite you to visit our booth to see our New Kremlin EOS Finishing Systems, PU3000 Electro-Mechanical 2k System, Cyclomix™ Micro Meter Mixing System, Xcite™ Airmix® Manual Spray gun, and other manual and automatic application equipment.

We are also promoting our “Spray Before You Pay” Program that allows you to TEST DRIVE the best spray equipment on the market before you actually buy it.

We will also be demonstrating the benefits of using Kremlin Airmix® versus conventional spray technology. You will see the significant benefits of using Airmix® over conventional spray technologies – You will be amazed!

EXEL North America, Inc. is pleased to introduce the New Kremlin Rexson PU3000 at the IWF 2012 tradeshow August 22-25, 2012 in Atlanta, GA.

The Kremlin Rexson PU3000 incorporates a unique “Plug and Play” concept for mixing two component paints.

The PU3000 delivers:

Ø Pulsation free performance

Ø Improved quality of mixing & application

Ø Accurate, reliable mixing & controlled fluid delivery

If you currently hot pot (hand mix) and have infrequent color changes, this is the perfect machine for you!

On average, the PU3000 will save or add about 50 minutes of production time each day. The PU3000 will reduce material waste and facilitate faster clean-up, which significantly lowers operational costs.

ØIncrease production time

ØReduce material waste

ØFaster clean-up

We also offer a PU3000PH unit specifically designed for acid catalyzed materials.

For more information, please come by our booth 1407 at IWF in just a couple of weeks. We look forward to seeing you!

If you currently hot-pot (hand mix) and have infrequent color changes, this is the perfect machine for you! On average, the PU3000 will save or add about 50 minutes of production time each day. The PU3000 will reduce material waste and facilitate faster clean-up, which significantly lowers operational costs.

We also offer a PU3000pH unit specifically designed for acid catalyzed materials.

The PU3000 is great for applying primers and top coats to metal, plastics and wood.

Here are some examples of materials used in the industry:

• Solvent or Water-based Coatings

• Polyurethanes

• MS Polymers

• Primers

• Silicon

• Lacquers

• Epoxy

• PVC

• Glues

• ZINC

• Acid-Catalyst Top Coats

We have had proven successes with the PU3000 in the following Markets:

• Truck & Trailer

• Farm Equipment

• Heavy Machinery

• Military & Military Suppliers

• Oil Field Equipment

• OIL & Gas Markets

• Wood

We are excited to be launching this great New Product. To lean more about this innovative PU3000 2K equipment, please visit our website at:

To meet the requirement of companies looking to improve paint saving, SAMES has designed the InoBell®. The InoBell® is a high transfer efficiency applicator that offers extreme uniformity and high finish quality.

One of the benefits of the InoBell® is that the spray pattern can be the size of 2 to 3 guns. The powder flow of the InoBell® can be twice as much as a gun. Uniformity across the part is the best with InoBell®. Gun finishing can provide large fluctuations in film build. The InoBell® provides Excellent Regularity of Film Build – The quality of finish meets the most stringent and tight DOI criteria (quality of reflection). It also provides High Flow Rates and less applicators – just one powder bell can replace two guns as it can efficiently apply powder at flows in excess up to 30 kg/h.

InoBell® provides the highest electrostatic charge of any applicator with a rotating electrode even at high flow rates. Simply put – InoBell® provides the highest flow of charged powder with a soft pattern to provide:

Higher First Pass Transfer Efficiency

Better Uniformity

High Finish Quality

EXEL North America, Inc. has had a recent success using the InoBell® with an Office Furniture Manufacturer. We replaced (2) of their guns with a powder flow of 616g/min with (1) fixed InoBell® with a powder flow of 249g/min. The customer is also not reclaiming the powder.

The outcome was that the customer had an improved finish quality, uniformity, and a 35% powder savings!! We have also had a few more success with the new SAMES InoBell®.

To learn more about this great new product and its successes, please contact EXEL North America, Inc. at 1.800.573.5554 (USA) or 1.416.431.5017 (Canada).

Recently, EXEL North America (Manufacturer of Kremlin Rexson) partnered with their local Solution & Service Center, SOT Abrasives and Equipment located in San Antonio, Texas to help an automotive customer create a solution that would finish interior plastic parts for a new division that had moved to the area.

Toyoda Gosei located in San Antonio, Texas is the interior components division of Toyota and they were looking for a solution that would finish the interior plastic parts of their Tundra and Tacoma model trucks. The problem was, this facility had never finished these plastic parts with a waterborne material so it was a new process for them.

EXEL North America and SOT Abrasives & Equipment were asked to come into the facility and offer expert advice on how to spray with a waterborne coating while delivering a fine finish with less overspray. Toyoda Gosei needed a proven solution to be installed very quickly and that is what EXEL North America and SOT delivered.

Toyoda Gosei currently has a Fanuc Robot application and their previous equipment consisted of solvent based product diaphragm pump and HVLP applications. Toyoda Gosei needed a high-efficiency system compatible with their new 1K Waterborne composite paint and they needed it installed very quickly!

Bud Slover and Phil Baker of SOT and Tom Dean with EXEL North America met with the Toyoda team that consisted of Simon Barcena, Jorge Cortes, and John Castillo to discuss the solution and action plan. They agreed upon an installation date, the order was placed, and shipped immediately for delivery.

The following equipment was quoted and installed:

(1) AVX Automatic Airmix® gun on the end of a Fanuc Robot

(2) Flowmax® Pumps – (1) for the waterborne material and (1) for flushing

(1) CTM – Color Change Valve (Paint – Flush)

(1) Circulation Valve

Several Fluid Pressure Regulators

(1) Customized stand for the Kremlin Rexson equipment

Within 15 days from quoting the job, the equipment was installed. After the equipment was installed, product trials went off perfectly! Within the first hour of trials, the parts were ready for production vehicles. This was a very fast implementation and installation by EXEL North America, SOT Abrasives and Equipment and the team at Toyoda. It only took two days to program and integrate the Kremlin Rexson equipment with the Fanuc Robot.

EXEL North America and SOT Abrasives and Equipment was able to provide Toyoda Gosei a system that delivered a fine finish with a much lower overspray than any other finishing application in their facility. We will continue to work with Toyota to help them improve their processes and save them money in the long run!

This is just one of many successes for our SSC network and EXEL North America. To learn more about the Kremlin Rexson product line, please visit our website at:

For more information or questions about this great success story, please email us at exelnasolutions@exel-na.com or email the Solution & Service center, SOT Abrasives & Equipment at: bslover@sotabrasives.com.

EXEL North America worked with Olympic Kitchen, one of the largest kitchen cabinet manufacturers in the Greater Toronto area in Ontario, Canada, to reduce their labor and increase production. They have been a Kremlin Rexson customer for over 16 years.

Olympic Kitchens discovered that their 2k materials were not being manually mixed properly. Therefore, they were looking to reduce labor time and simplify the process. Their application consisted of an automatic flat-line with a three-circuit Venjakob machine.

Olympic Kitchens offers custom finished kitchens with catalyzed materials. They are currently using a 2K primer, colors, lacquer, and 1K sealer. As part of their production process, they needed to make sure that the catalyst was being mixed properly. Their existing equipment consisted of the Kremlin Rexson 16-120 pumps, Manual Airmix® & Airspray technology, and ATX guns for the flatline machine.

EXEL North America met with Olympic Kitchens and explained the advantages and benefits of upgrading their current Kremlin Rexson equipment to newly, innovative equipment that would reduce their need for manual labor and increase productivity in their facility.

To optimize Olympic Kitchens performance, EXEL North America was able to show how the Cyclomix™ Micro would enable them to have a more precise control in mixing fresh 2k material when they needed it. This equipment also delivered timed flushing sequences and volume control. EXEL North America installed the following Kremlin Rexson equipment into their facility:

Cyclomix™ Micro PH 3 + 1

5 + 1 Color kit

(1) 20-25F PH for the catalyst

(2) 16-120F Kremlin Rexson Pumps

(2) 5 Gallon Agitators with lids

(3) 55 Gallon Agitators with lids

(1) 15c-25 EOS Pump for solvent

Airmix® regulators & filters for outbound pressures

EXEL North America was able to analyze their current situation and offer a more suitable solution that would deliver a better “Return on Investment” and reduce their labor costs.

Now, they have a 6-12 month ROI based on less personnel needed to manually mix the 2K materials. There is no need to re-paint or touch-up because the material is now properly catalyzed. Finally, the dedicated pumps for the (5) 2k colors deliver a quicker color change with increased productivity.

For more information or questions, please email us at exelnasolutions@exel-na.com or call us in the US at 1.800.573.5554 or in Canada at 1.800.450.0655. For product literature and brochures, please visit our website at www.exel-na.com.

Let EXEL North America help you increase your ROI today! Give us a call!

EXEL North America would like to announce the release of the New Thor Dispense Equipment Product Line!

The Thor Dispense Equipment Product Line consists of Thor supply packages and system accessories. This equipment is used to dispense single component sealant, adhesives, and other viscous materials from pails and drums to dispensing systems.

The New THOR Dispense Equipment is a fixed product group with various options which allows you to simply choose what equipment you need for basic manual applicationswith accessories supplied in kits.

The following is a list of the key markets for the New Thor Start Range:

Automotive

Agricultural

Recreational Vehicles

Solar Energy

Trains/Railway

Appliance/Household goods

Marine

Building & Earth Moving Equipment

We are excited to be launching this great New Product. To lean more about this innovative Thor Dispense Equipment Product line, please visit our website at:

The Kremlin Rexson Vertical Cabinet Finishing System is designed to automatically finish ran­dom shaped parts conveyed on an overhead monorail conveyor though on a vertical finishing line. The system will automatically finish parts with a back-to-back finishing system for stains and glazes, sealers and top coats.

The face and edges of the doors and frames will be uniformly coated

The system will be easy to control

The system can be designed to run at speeds up to 20 fpm conveyor speeds (Speeds in excess on 20 fpm need to be tested)

The sealer/top coat will be uniformly applied with little, if any, manual touch up, even with shaker profile area doors

The incoming doors and face frames can be any length; however, are limited to a 48” vertical window. They can be hung in any elevation within the 48” window

The Parts ID system will automatically identify the incoming parts and only spray the parts

This system will provide a uniform controlled film build while at the same time generate an A.T.E. (Applica­tion Transfer Efficiency) in the range of 65%. The system is operator friendly. The uniformity of the film build will be controlled by the system, and not the operators’ ability.

The guns will only trigger when the parts are present. Vertical systems are designed to apply a controlled film build on the door, drawer fronts and face frames, and all edges. The system is designed to avoid coating the backs of face frames which will improve the glue areas.

The system provides a RFV2000 two-meter reciprocator at each of the two sealer/top coat spray frames, will be automatically detected as they pass through the part ID
identification system. When the parts enter in the finishing area, the AVX Airmix® guns, will coat the front face of the part, and the two remaining edges. This combination will pro­vide uniform coverage. Because the coatings tend to dry to fast for wet-on-wet edge coverage, each of the four edges must be finished completely in one booth.

Control System

The Control System will be controlled by our PLC driven System Controller. The System Controller will control the two RFV2000 reciprocators and all 10 or 12 Airmix® spray guns. The controller will monitor the conveyor speed and part movement. When the conveyor is on and parts are entering the booth, the System Controller will trigger the guns as required to uniformly coat the parts. When he conveyor is shut off, the controls will automatically turn the spray guns ff. When the conveyor is restarted, the guns will resume their programmed
finishing.

The system will read in the part profile as the part travels through a curtain. This profile will be stored in the PLC and transferred down line to the two opposing reciprocators. One reciprocator will be used to paint the front of the part and the other will paint the back of the part. The gun positions will be preset and each gun will have a specific task. An encoder
will be used to track the conveyor movement. The recipro­cator will be a continuous chain type and will be capable of running at speeds up to 350 fpm. The system will setup to track this high-speed reciprocator. Two intrinsically safe sensors will be supplied for each re­ciprocator. One sensor will be used to determine the home position of the reciprocator. The other sensor will be used to track the incremental pulses of the reciprocator as it travels back and forth.

AVX Airmix®

The heart of the system is the Airmix® application system. Airmix® provides paint application controls that are unmatched. These include:

Forward Velocity Controlled to 2 fps

Other systems are four to five fps and higher. The more con­trolled the forward velocity is the less paint bounces off the substrate which results in
higher transfer efficiency rates.

Controlled Paint Distribution in the Fan Pattern

Airmix® provides uniform paint distribution from the edge of the pattern to its middle. Other systems provide a heavy center, which leads to overlap problems.

Controlled Particle Size Distribution

Airmix® produces a uniform atomized particle size. Other systems have a large size particle range which makes high transfer rates very difficult. Additionally, the controlled range
helps minimize color contamination problems when striping or with different colored heads.

Excellent Equipment UpTime

With the field-replaceable Delrin seat insert and the self-wear adjusting Rulon fluid cartridge, equipment up time is “second to none” in the industry.

EXEL North America partnered with one of the largest kitchen cabinet manufacturers in North America to reduce their coating wastes and improve finish consistency. Due to production requirements, all 2K coatings needed to be accurately and freshly mixed with no down time during color change. This required a large quantity of 2K mixing machines to be installed at each spray booth.

The kitchen cabinet manufacturer’s application consists of hand spraying cabinets on an overhead conveyor. They were using a hand mixing method and needed to improve their process as there was considerable paint waste and inconsistencies in the mix quality. They are applying an acid catalyzed clear coat and pigmented base coats. These coatings needed to be ready to spray at all times during production hours without any problems. EXEL North America was able to eliminate the hand mixing process and improve the finish quality.

EXEL North America analyzed the process and offered a more suitable solution that would provide a better “Return on Investment” and reduce coating wastes.

To optimize the kitchen cabinet manufacturer’s performance and reduce their coating wastes, EXEL North America installed the following equipment into their facility:

(70+) Cyclomix™ Micro pH Machines

(100+) Airmix® fluid regulators

(10+) 20-220FPH and 20-25FPH catalyst pumps

(100+) Xcite® guns

EXEL North America was able to help the kitchen cabinet manufacturer reduce coating usage and waste and eliminate the manual labor associated with hand mixing. For pigmented coatings, they expect an ROI within 12-15 months. On clear coatings, they expect an ROI of 24-30 months.

EXEL NA is currently quoting additional 2K equipment for a few more of their locations. We hope to continue to optimize their performance and reduce their coating waste by showing them the best options available by using the equipment that Kremlin Rexson manufactures.

The customer is so pleased with the performance of the Kremlin Rexson equipment that they have standardized this process at various locations throughout North America.

EXEL North America worked with Monarch Industries located in Winnipeg, Canada to reduce their Work-In-Process Time (WIP). Monarch’s goal was to be the best manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders.

Monarch Industries application consisted of automatic hydraulic cylinder finishing with an overhead monorail conveyor system. They were using manual Graco Electrostatic equipment and running three shifts with approximately 10 people per shift. Monarch was producing 2000 cylinders per day with varying batch sizes while each cylinder needed to be primed and top coated. The primer was a one color 2k epoxy, and the top coat was a 2k urethane in various colors.

EXEL North America was able to analyze their current situation and offer a more suitable solution that would offer a better Return on Investment. To optimize Monarch’s performance, create a long-term paint savings, and reduce the amount of labor, EXEL North America installed the following Kremlin Rexson equipment in Monarch’s facility:

04-120 and 04-220 Flowmax® circulation pumping systems

AD-60 Paint Heaters

55 Gallon Agitator and cover lifts

Two Cyclomix™ Experts for Primer (one manual and one auto)

Two Cyclomix™ Experts for Top Coat (one manual and one automatic)

Two Spraymium™ Primer Electrostatic spray guns for primer touch up

Two Spraymium™ Top Coat Electrostatic spray guns for top coat touchup

Primer automatic application system, RFV2400 dual axis reciprocator following system
with three PPH308’s

Top Coat automatic application system with RFV2400 dual axis reciprocator following
system with three PPH308

One of the reasons this was a success was because the RFV2400 system allowed us to only spray on the apex of the cylinders, which provided a much higher Transfer Efficiency rate than previous systems. The system allows for rapid color change with fresh urethane at all times and we were able to control the process with an RFID control system.

EXEL North America was able to help Monarch Industries save on their painting costs. The paint costs went from $1.50 per average cylinder down to $1.00 per cylinder. With the new system in place, all cylinders are finished during one shift while the old system required three shifts with 10 people on each shift. In addition to paint costs savings, we were able to create a labor savings of approximately 20 people.